Neckband



J. ZANG NECKBA'ND -Filed April 27, 1923 Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ZANG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NECKBAND.

Application filed April 27, 1923. Serial No. 635,015.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ZANG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

have invented certain new `and useful Improvements in Neckbands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved neck bank, especially desirable for use by bar'bers to protect the neck of customers, when their hair is being trimmed, as a sanitary measure, to prevent contact of the usual hair cloth, used for all customers, with the neck of the customer, and for a further purpose to prevent the perspiration of the person being operated upon from dampening and soiling the edges of the hair cloth.

The invention is embodied in a new article of manufacture consisting vof a band of suitable width having a fluffy or fibrous side for contact with the neck of the customer to catch. and hold the short clipped hairs and prevent them from adhering to his neck,

much to his annoyance and discomfort, and having an impervious smooth side to prevent perspiration from passing thru the band or strip.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a new sanitary band for use by a single cutomer, and made in rolls convenient for use.

Another object is to provide a band, of the character described, which is inexpensive and which may be cut from a roll, in suitable lengths for use, determined by the indications, dening the linear dimensions, appearing on the roll.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear from a consideration of the following description, when taken in conjunction with the drawings, wherein Fig. l shows: the band in place between the neck of a customer and the usual hair cloth.

Fig. 2 shows the band as it appears in a roll.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a short piece of the band showing the relatively smooth, impervious side of the band with figures indieating one inch measurements as they may appear thereon.

Fig. 4- is a longitudinal section of Fig. 3.

In all the. views the same reference characters are employed to indicate similar parts.

The band may be made of a thin strip of soft cotton batting 5 secured to a stri of imperforate material, such as parahned paper 6, which is smooth and waterproof. The fibrous material 5 may be waterproofed by other means and material other than paper for the purpose may be used. 0r the fibrous material may have on one side a coating of waterproof material applied thereto in a liquid state which subsequently will set or harde-n sufficiently to render it practically impervious.

Paraned paper, however, with the cotton batting adhering to one side thereof is very satisfactory from a sanitary point of view; and furthermore, because it is inexpensive; comfortable to the wearer and very eflicient for the purpose intended.

The relatively smooth side 6 may have regularly spaced indications, preferably one inch apart and numbered consecutively.

When a barber is to cut a piece from the roll 8 to apply to the neck of the wearer, he may sever it from the r-oll in multiples of 16 inches, as for example for a person who wears a No. l5 collar he will cut a band 15 inches long. For a 14 inch neck a band 14 inches long, and so on. The band is placed around the neck of the customer with the fibrous side next to the neck and the hair cloth 9 is then placed around the 4band and fastened at the neck by a button l0, or the After the hair cloth 9 has been removed the used band is then thrown away. A new clean sanitary band is used for each customer.

The bands may be made about 3 to 31/2 inches wide and the cotton and paper may be extremely thin.

While I have herein shown a single embodiment of my invention for a clear disclosure it is manifest that changes may be made in the structurey Wit-hin the spirit and 'bet-weon the band and said fluy material 10 Scope of the appended Claim. by which the bund is rendered Waterproof Having described my invention what and by which Suid fluffy material is mused Claim as new and desire to secure by Letto adhere to the bzmfu said structure boing 5 ters Patent, s:- substantially uniform iu. ihckneus through- A neck band for barbe-rs use compmsmg out. 15 a` leXlblo band; a, ufy fibrous mammal enu te-sumouy whereof T hereunto subt'irely covering one sido of 'the baud and a scribed my mme. coa-bmg o1 adheslve, Waterproofing substance JOHN ZANG. 

